The "Stars and Bars" is the common name for the first national flag of the Confederate States of America (CSA) dating from March 1861. The seven (7) stars in a circle represented the seven (7) states...
There are several different types of stars symbols, such as five-pointed stars, six-pointed stars, etc. Some of them are occult symbols. See the Related Link.
An Alabama gentleman by the name of Nicola Marshall who lived in Tuscaloosa, Ala was origanaly from the country we know as Austria. The flag of Austria then and today is three horizontal bars of red...